Contract and Supplier Management Professional

1 month ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Venesky Brown Full time
Job Title: Contract & Supplier Management Specialist

Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently seeking a skilled Contract & Supplier Management Specialist to join their team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. This role will be hybrid working with a minimum of 2 anchor days in the office per week.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Delivery of the supplier and contract management framework and associated procedures across the supplier portfolio, ensuring strong performance and delivery of commitments.
  • Direct management of contracted suppliers, identifying opportunities and delivering improvements across key commercial relationships.
  • Plan and prioritise supplier performance reviews and contract and governance diary, liaising with Strategic Procurement, Procurement Operations, Stores, Business Owners, etc.
  • Ensure the identification of commercial risk, develop and implement effective mitigation strategies and actions, and report the risk and progress with mitigation strategies internally.
  • Provide resolution of disputes and claims, escalating to CSM Team Lead, Category Head and/or Legal as appropriate.
  • Input to the development of procurement strategies, specifications, service level agreements / key performance indicators, contract terms and conditions and implementation / mobilisation plans.
  • Support with the on-boarding and mobilisation of new contracts / suppliers, including CSM support during programme execution or implementations.
  • Supporting a procurement category and inputting to the development of the category strategy, as well as support to wider procurement teams and stakeholders with best practice advice.
Essential Skills:
  • Significant experience of successful contract & supplier management, demonstrating improved value, operational effectiveness & reduced risk.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
  • Experience in delivering cost efficiency, process improvements and additional benefits.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to analyse data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
  • Experienced managing multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks, and meeting deadlines.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including procurement, legal, finance, and operations, to achieve common objectives.
  • Educated to degree level in a relevant subject.
  • Relevant and recent contract management experience.
  • Good commercial competence, risk management, and strong negotiation skills.
  • Personal credibility and ethics; capacity and confidence to manage contracts and deliver change with aptitude for implementing and improving best-practice procedures.
  • Excellent and highly responsive customer management skills.
  • Aptitude for dealing with complex issues, reorganising priorities, and multi-tasking on concurrent contracts in a frequently changing environment.
  • Good communication skills and sensitivity to balancing customers' needs and organisation obligations.
  • Presentation skills to deliver project and other management reports and recommendations for improved practice.
  • Good analytical and computing skills, accuracy and attention to detail, and ability analyse databases and spreadsheets.
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills, along with the ability to make good business decisions in collaboration with others.
  • Ability to manage a workload with conflicting high priority tasks.
Desirable Skills:
  • Understanding of contract law, procurement best practices and relevant regulations.
  • CIPS qualification/recognised commercial qualification.
  • Relevant procurement (MCIPS), business management or law degree.
  • More than 3 years of relevant and recent contract/supplier management experience.
  • Commitment to continuous professional development.


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